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Global Onshore Wind Capacity Rises 72.5GW in 2021

The global onshore wind market in 2021 saw a 72.5 gigawatts (GW) increase in capacity with China and US leading in installations, but is 18% lower than in 2020,…

Nuclear Power Plant

Successful Interconnection of Unit 4 of Hualong One, a Shanghai Electric Nuclear Power Project

On March 25, Fuqing Nuclear Power Unit 6, which Shanghai Electric helped to build, completed 168 hours of trial operation making it ready for commercial operati…

Hydropower Plant

The Climate Risk for Hydropower

With climate change set to bring more severe and frequent storms to some parts of the world and an increased risk of drought to others, the risks to countries w…

Hydrogen Production

Shell, Uniper Partner on UK Low-Carbon Hydrogen Facility

German utility Uniper and Shell will team up to jointly produce low-carbon hydrogen at a Uniper power station in Britain in a bid to boost use of the fuel and c…

Hydropower Plant

48MW Hydropower Will Double Installed Power Gen Capacity in Burundi

The Jiji and Lulembwe Hydropower Plants Development Project in Burundi is now 48% complete.

Energy Transition

‘Lion’s Share’ of Global Power Additions in 2021 Were Renewables

Data released by IRENA shows that renewable energy continued to grow and gain momentum in 2021 despite global uncertainties, with global renewable generation ca…

Nuclear Reactor

U.S. Nuclear Generation Declines for Second Straight Year

U.S. nuclear power generation declined for the second straight year. Output from the country’s nuclear fleet totaled 778 million MWh in 2021, a 1.5% decline fr…

Hydrogen Project

Saudi Arabia Looks to Position NEOM as a Hydrogen Leader

At the first-ever conference devoted exclusively to carbon-free hydrogen in the Middle East and North Africa, participants looked in depth at the technical and …

Offshore Wind Power

GWEC and GWO Sign Deal to Power the Global Wind Energy Workforce

The two organisations have signed a new memorandum of understanding to leverage shared resources, including unique datasets, analytical and forecasting capabili…

Energy Storage Technology

Liquid System Stores Solar Energy for Years and Releases It on Demand

Back in 2017 we caught wind of an interesting energy system from researchers at Sweden's Chalmers University of Technology designed to store solar energy in liq…

Crude Oil

Equinor Announces New Oil and Gas Discovery in the North Sea

Preliminary estimates suggest between 25m to 50m barrels of recoverable oil equivalent.

Rooftop PV System

Centrica and Push Energy Advance UK’s Grid-Scale Solar Pipeline

Energy solutions firm Centrica Business Solutions has signed an agreement with renewable energy developer Push Energy, to build a pipeline of solar farm project…

Electric Car

Japanese Car Giant Honda Targets EV Expansion, Earmarks Billions for R&D

Honda plans to invest around 5 trillion yen ($39.9 billion) in electrification and software technologies over the next 10 years, with the Japanese automotive gi…

Tidal Energy

Modular PV and Tidal Power Desalination Buoys From Canada

A floating, reverse-osmosis-based unit turns seawater into potable drinking water through the power of the sun and waves. Oneka developed the product, which req…

Nuclear Reactor

X-Energy to Produce HALEU Fuel for Advanced Nuclear Reactors

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) chose X-energy’s TRISO-X fuel fabrication facility to produce fuel for future advanced nuclear reactors and small modular r…